Evans began the day with a defeat to Keane Barry in which he lost out 5-2 with a 94.8 average and 55% on the doubles from the young Irishman.

He bounced back though in style defeating Martin Adams 5-2 and doubled his points tally with victory over Jose Justicia 5-1. It was three in a row with victory over Scott Marsh 5-2.

Martin Adams and Keane Barry have played one less game and sit second and third after impressive starts to the day.

The former in particular has seen off Keane Barry 5-2 with a 103.5 average hitting 5/5 on the doubles and produced another clinical win over Diogo Portela. Today's proceedings are far from being confirmed.

There will be 15 games a day which will be best of 9 legs with two Pools set to be involved as usual. It begins everyday as a result at 10:30 am running till 5:00 pm and sees live action continue.

David Evans (94.75) 2-5 (94.79) Keane Barry
Martin Adams (92.36) 2-5 (92.51) David Evans
Keane Barry (99.43) 2-5 (103.48) Martin Adams
Jose Justicia (76.02) 1-5 (87.09) David Evans
Scott Marsh (80.32) 2-5 (89.79) Keane Barry
Diogo Portela (80.89) 0-5 (89.46) Martin Adams
David Evans (92.69) 5-2 (84.64) Scott Marsh
Keane Barry v Diogo Portela
Martin Adams v Jose Justicia
Diogo Portela v David Evans
Jose Justicia v Keane Barry
Scott Marsh v Martin Adams
Jose Justicia v Diogo Portela
Scott Marsh v Jose Justicia
Diogo Portela v Scott Marsh